Annelies van der Leeden
@avdl.bsky.social
There is a fine distinction between sharing mis- and disinformation and fighting it. Make sure you do not share just to be sharing and by doing so exacerbating the problem. Anyone whose first interaction with me is a request for money will be blocked.
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December 9, 2025
December 9, 2025
When G.
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
December 10, 2025 at 7:35 AM
December 9, 2025
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All for a fist full of dollars
It’s the world’s rarest ape. Now a billion-dollar dig for gold threatens its future
Tapanuli orangutans survive only in Indonesia’s Sumatran rainforest where a mine expansion will cut through their home. Yet the mining company says the alternative will be worse
www.theguardian.com
December 9, 2025 at 9:31 AM
All for a fist full of dollars
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For the tenth week in a row, Pope Leo used his global platform to call out the Trump administration — this time blasting the president’s plan to cut Europe out of Ukraine peace talks. “Unrealistic and dangerous,” Leo declared. As usual, the pope's remarks went unreported in major US media.
Pope Leo Criticizes Trump’s Ukraine Plan Sidelining Europe
After meeting with Zelenskyy, Leo XIV delivered a pointed critique of Trump’s go-it-alone approach — warning that any plan excluding Europe is “unrealistic” and risks shattering the Western alliance.
open.substack.com
December 10, 2025 at 1:15 AM
For the tenth week in a row, Pope Leo used his global platform to call out the Trump administration — this time blasting the president’s plan to cut Europe out of Ukraine peace talks. “Unrealistic and dangerous,” Leo declared. As usual, the pope's remarks went unreported in major US media.
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BREAKING: Eileen Higgins wins as mayor of Miami, the first Democrat to lead the city in almost 30 years!
Midterms are around the corner. Expect us! 🌊
Midterms are around the corner. Expect us! 🌊
December 10, 2025 at 1:15 AM
BREAKING: Eileen Higgins wins as mayor of Miami, the first Democrat to lead the city in almost 30 years!
Midterms are around the corner. Expect us! 🌊
Midterms are around the corner. Expect us! 🌊
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🚨BREAKING: More than 300,000 Missourians have signed a petition demanding that the gerrymander be put to a statewide referendum, advocacy organization People Not Politicians announced as it delivered those signatures to the state government Tuesday. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
300,000 Missouri Voters Sign Petition To Put GOP Gerrymander to Statewide Vote
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
December 9, 2025 at 10:42 PM
🚨BREAKING: More than 300,000 Missourians have signed a petition demanding that the gerrymander be put to a statewide referendum, advocacy organization People Not Politicians announced as it delivered those signatures to the state government Tuesday. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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December 7, 2025
December 7, 2025
“I think it’s really important that this video be made public,” Representative Jim Himes (D-CT) said today on Face the Nation. Himes was referring to a video of the September 2 U.S. military strike on...
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
December 8, 2025 at 7:33 AM
December 7, 2025
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Silent Middle Child nails it. Again:
December 8, 2025 at 6:48 AM
Silent Middle Child nails it. Again:
This is is how it’s done
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The branch of the military that actually is responsible for stopping drugs entering the US, US Coast Guard, can stop a boat that really was bringing drugs without blowing it up & murdering anyone.
www.foxnews.com/politics/coa...
The branch of the military that actually is responsible for stopping drugs entering the US, US Coast Guard, can stop a boat that really was bringing drugs without blowing it up & murdering anyone.
www.foxnews.com/politics/coa...
Coast Guard helicopter sniper takes out narco-boat engines in stunning exclusive video
EXCLUSIVE: The Coast Guard seized over 20,000 pounds of cocaine from a go-fast vessel during Operation Pacific Viper, a joint U.S. initiative to counter drug trafficking.
www.foxnews.com
December 8, 2025 at 7:17 AM
This is is how it’s done
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Just thinking about the 2024 economy for no reason.
April 3, 2025 at 5:32 AM
Just thinking about the 2024 economy for no reason.
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There has been no debate here among constitutional scholars, historians, political scientists, anyone with a pulse really.
Any telling you that this very straightforward point, one that has been universally accepted for a century and a half, is now an "abstruse" issue is just a liar and a hack.
Any telling you that this very straightforward point, one that has been universally accepted for a century and a half, is now an "abstruse" issue is just a liar and a hack.
Anyone who knows this history should know there’s no contested issue.
December 7, 2025 at 12:50 AM
There has been no debate here among constitutional scholars, historians, political scientists, anyone with a pulse really.
Any telling you that this very straightforward point, one that has been universally accepted for a century and a half, is now an "abstruse" issue is just a liar and a hack.
Any telling you that this very straightforward point, one that has been universally accepted for a century and a half, is now an "abstruse" issue is just a liar and a hack.
And the original meaning of third world countries youtu.be/yglRXcf16Xo?
RNT: Trump, Truman, Faberge Eggs, and a hard time getting hired
YouTube video by The Roads with Belle
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December 7, 2025 at 2:37 PM
And the original meaning of third world countries youtu.be/yglRXcf16Xo?
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The only time Article 5 of the NATO Treaty was invoked was to defend us, not for us to defend Europe. European soldiers and civilians died fighting with us and working next to us in Afghanistan. Europe was not attacked on September 11, 2001.
December 6, 2025 at 9:00 PM
The only time Article 5 of the NATO Treaty was invoked was to defend us, not for us to defend Europe. European soldiers and civilians died fighting with us and working next to us in Afghanistan. Europe was not attacked on September 11, 2001.
Such folly
Heartbreaking. The University of Nebraska will terminate its entire Earth science department.
One of the country's most successful and respected geology & climate programs: gone.
When ideologues & politicians are threatened by the very act of studying climate change, I wonder: who of us is next?
One of the country's most successful and respected geology & climate programs: gone.
When ideologues & politicians are threatened by the very act of studying climate change, I wonder: who of us is next?
It's over.
Despite the fact that the academic council recommended against it, despite the fact that the program brought in more tuition than it cost, and despite the fact that Nebraskans need & deserve this expertise, Earth & Atmospheric Sciences will be cut.
www.dailynebraskan.com/news/adminis...
Despite the fact that the academic council recommended against it, despite the fact that the program brought in more tuition than it cost, and despite the fact that Nebraskans need & deserve this expertise, Earth & Atmospheric Sciences will be cut.
www.dailynebraskan.com/news/adminis...
December 7, 2025 at 5:02 AM
Such folly
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anyway my answer to every single person who wants armed conflict is no you don’t
sometimes it is the only option but it it sure worth exploring everything else before you get there because it is always, always bad
sometimes it is the only option but it it sure worth exploring everything else before you get there because it is always, always bad
December 6, 2025 at 7:57 PM
anyway my answer to every single person who wants armed conflict is no you don’t
sometimes it is the only option but it it sure worth exploring everything else before you get there because it is always, always bad
sometimes it is the only option but it it sure worth exploring everything else before you get there because it is always, always bad
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December 6, 2025
December 6, 2025
On the sunny Sunday morning of December 7, 1941, Messman Doris Miller had served breakfast aboard the USS West Virginia, stationed in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, and was collecting laundry when the first of...
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
December 7, 2025 at 4:54 AM
December 6, 2025
This you should definitely read
December 6, 2025 at 6:39 AM
This you should definitely read
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December 6, 2025 at 12:06 AM
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Ruins of a farmhouse.
8”x8” oil on wood panel
Available on my website.
8”x8” oil on wood panel
Available on my website.
December 5, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Ruins of a farmhouse.
8”x8” oil on wood panel
Available on my website.
8”x8” oil on wood panel
Available on my website.
